National player Ian Lariba became the first ever Filipino to qualify in the Olympics since the sport was first played during the 1988 Summer Games in South Korea.

Lariba bagged the last Olympic slot in the women’s singles division during the 2016 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.

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